ARender v2023.11.0 – Release Notes

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Overview

ARender 2023.11.0 is a minor release that strengthens support for document rendering accuracy, especially for signed and long URL-encoded documents. It also improves PDF/A printing, hyperlink visual consistency, and fixes navigation regressions in named destinations.

Prerequisites

Component Supported versions
OpenJDK 8 or 11

User Perspective

📄 Fix for Layout Extraction in Signed PDFs
Improve signed document layout rendering when PDFOwl is used. (AR-17644)

🌐 Support for Special Characters in Base64 URLs
Long document URLs containing special characters (like +, ~) are now correctly encoded and handled. (AR-17394)

🔗 Hyperlink Highlight Rendering Fix
Inverted-style hyperlinks now visually align text properly—the blue overlay precisely follows the black base text. (AR-17491)

🖨️ PDF/A Documents No Longer Blocked in Print
PDF/A files are now printable without restriction via ARender. (AR-17494)

📍 Fix for Named Destination Hyperlinks
Clicking a link to a named destination now works reliably, even on subsequent clicks. (AR-17623)

Developer / Integrator Perspective

No developer/integrator-specific changes in this version.

Exploitation Perspective

No operational-specific changes in this version.

Changelog

Summary Issue Type Key Linked Issues
Layout extraction fails for signed documents Issue AR-17644 TMAPR-6313
Encoding issue in long Base64 document URLs Issue AR-17394 TMAPR-6088
Misaligned inverted-style hyperlink text Issue AR-17491 TMAPR-6248
PDF/A documents blocked from printing Issue AR-17494 TMAPR-6222
Navigation issue with named destination links Regression AR-17623 TMAPR-6309

Download

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ARender Rendition Server installer Download SHA-256
ARender WEB-UI - Spring Boot Application - Standalone Download SHA-256
ARender HMI - J2EE EAR Application - FileNet 5.x Download SHA-256
ARender HMI - J2EE WAR Application - Content Manager 8.1 Download SHA-256
ARender plugins : IBM Content Navigator plugin Download SHA-256
ARender plugins : Alfresco Share plugin Download SHA-256
ARender plugins : Alfresco ADF plugin base for integration in ADF Download SHA-256
ARender API : Client API Download SHA-256
ARender API : Rendition API Download SHA-256